Saturday, 31 December 2016

Out of time

A last 2 attempts today failed to produce that all important one more species for 2016. I am not unhappy it's been a great year for me, for many I think.

At LFGP today, new in a rare December Shelduck in the SW corner til dark, 2 Jack Snipe, 29+ Snipe, Little Egret, Cetti's and Water Rail should hopefully all be available tomorrow to help kick off another year list. Will I find that Ferruginous?

The Shelduck was new for December, making a new high count of 87, beating the old 2010 record by one.

The month species total counts went like this;

New or = 1st place :

January - 90
March - 99
May - 96 (= 2012)
June - 90
October - 99
December - 87